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faction
1[ fak-shuhn ]
noun
- a group or clique within a larger group, party, government, organization, or the like, typically having different opinions and interests than the larger group:
a faction in favor of big business; rival factions within the company.
- party strife and intrigue; dissension:
an era of faction and treason.
Synonyms: friction, split, schism, disagreement, discord
faction
2[ fak-shuhn ]
noun
- a form of writing or filmmaking that treats real people or events as if they were fictional or uses them as an integral part of a fictional account.
- a novel, film, play, or other presentation in this form.
faction
1/ ˈfækʃən /
noun
- a group of people forming a minority within a larger body, esp a dissentious group
- strife or dissension within a group
faction
2/ ˈfækʃən /
noun
- a television programme, film, or literary work comprising a dramatized presentation of actual events
faction
- A group formed to seek some goal within a political party or a government. The term suggests quarrelsome dissent from the course pursued by the party or government majority: “His administration is moderate, but it contains a faction of extremists.”
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Derived Forms
- ˈfactionalist, noun
- ˈfactionalˌism, noun
- ˈfactional, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of faction1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of faction1
Origin of faction2
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Example Sentences
He was part of an extreme, racialized white faction in the Louisiana state house that was clearly dead-set against honoring King.
But it is not clear if the latest action is at the hands of that faction or another.
Jobbik, whose paramilitary militia faction was banned in 2009, won 20 percent of the national vote in April.
This faction of the opposition is itself fractured into dozens of splinter groups.
Predictably, the pro-slavery faction also used the threat of hell to their favor.
One of these persons tried to enlist Prior in Portland's faction, but with very little success.
Ignorance and party faction, and a variety of such other unworthy components, entered largely into them.
But even in those words the malevolence of faction sought and found matter for a quarrel.
The fires of the Puritan faction had smouldered out; those of the Jacobite frenzy had hardly had time to rekindle.
Many of the popular faction fled to France; others took refuge among the Ardennes; some were executed.
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